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Once thought extinct, this stick bug is alive and kicking
Stick insects were widely prevalent almost hundred years ago about 400 miles away from the Eastern coast of Australia. These six-inch long insects acquired a large section of the territory and ruled the island. But they became extinct as rats consumed each of them leaving no signs of survivors. This creepy and dangerous looking giant […]
New York to London in less than an hour with Elon Musk’s latest rocket
Elon Musk’s company SpaceX has been developing a huge spacecraft designed to help colonize Mars, but it can also be used much closer to home. At a space conference in Australia held on September 29, Musk revealed that the company is looking forward to applying the technology to move people from one part of the […]
SpaceX Falcon 9 to attempt to launch two rockets in three days
SpaceX is all set to launch two rockets back to back with the first on Monday (9th October) and the second two days later on Wednesday (11th October)as reported by Ars Technica. As of now the space company has already made 13 successful launches this year and is looking forward to adding more to its […]
Electric Honeycomb visualized by 17-year old Pakistani boy garners international attention
Muhammad Shaheer Niazi is one of the very first Pakistanis to take part in the International Young Physicists’ Tournament. The 17-year-old replicated at provided a visualization of an electric honeycomb as reported by the NYT on Thursday. This phenomenon has been known to physicists for decades, and its visualization can help engineers develop technology for […]
Carbon emissions from soil could speed up the global climate change
Global warming has started showing its effects with long spells of summer and short rains and winters which do not feel like winters anymore. A new study into the reasons for global warming has revealed that the heat makes the soil beneath us liberate carbon dioxide which means the more the weather, the more Co2 […]
Asteroid with 30,000 miles per hour speed to navigate close to Earth on October 12
An asteroid with a rate of 30,000 miles per hour is hurling through space towards the direction of Earth at 30,000 miles per hour, but there is nothing to worry as it won’t be affecting Earth. It would just pass through a very close proximity of our planet. The asteroid has been estimated to be […]
Evidence proves Darwin was right: Life started on Earth after meteorite fell on warm pond
A meteor falling into a warm little pond marked the start of life on earth. Somewhere between 3.7 and 4.5 billion years ago, the said meteorites splashed down and leached essential elements into warm ponds. According to scientists at McMaster University and the Max Planck Institute in Germany, their calculations suggest that wet and dry […]
We might contact aliens within two decades: claim SETI scientists
From UFOs to faint radio signals, alien life has always gained out interest, and it would be amazing to get in touch with one. The mere thought of an extraterrestrial life existing beyond the confines of planet Earth is enough to send in a rush of adrenaline through our body. It would be an amazing […]
New York to London in just 29 minutes: Now possible with Elon Musk’s next spaceship
The SpaceX CEO has been aiming for a colony on Mars for years. The prime reason behind the birth of SpaceX in 2002 was Mars colonization. Elon Musk has been driven by this goal and propagating new ideas to one day make a well thriving human colony on the Martian surface. During a speech in […]